Under the sponsoring of the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP) the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering (IAO) in Stuttgart, in partnership with the University of Bath and Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, is honoured to invite you to attend the 8th International Conference on Digital Enterprise Technology – DET 2014. The guiding idea of the conference is to find a common understanding of employing the Digital Enterprise Technologies as “Disruptive Innovation in Manufacturing Engineering towards the 4th Industrial Revolution”.

I am looking forward to welcoming you at the 8th DET 2014 in Stuttgart.